Skip to content
The BDM Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The BDM Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$209k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

International$305kCivil Rights$189kHealth$130kEnvironment$125kCrime & Legal$109kArts & Culture$93kPublic Safety & Disaster$55kEducation$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $79k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $130k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$7.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER$10,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS$10,000
CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST$10,000
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT$10,000
PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT$10,000
MANNA FOOD CENTER INC$10,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC$10,000
DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION$10,000
ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER$10,000
DIRECT RELIEF$10,000
THE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIO$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$10,000
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC$10,000
PRO PUBLICA INC$5,000
NATIVE AMERICANS IN PHILANTHROPY$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PROOF ALLIANCE: $5k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF JERUS: $3k → 9%LINDABEN FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 6%PROOF ALLIANCE: $5k → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $5k → 14%FUTURE LINK INC: $1k → 8%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $150 → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $100 → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $200 → 17%CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 14%AYUDA: $5k → 14%AYUDA: $5k → 14%AYUDA: $5k → 14%AYUDA: $5k → 14%AYUDA: $5k → 14%AYUDA: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 52 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
31

Total granted

$1.1M
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+12%

Still filing today

92%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsInternationalHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DIRECT RELIEF
    6× · 2020–2025 · $105k · revenue +20%
  • PRO PUBLICA INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue +64%
  • GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $58k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • G
    GIVEMN
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -14%
  • NC
    NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +23%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
3
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
5
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
6
Center for Democracy and Technology

Advocating for public policies that advance democratic values in the digital age.

Civil Rights
7
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
8
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
9
Global Poverty Project Inc

Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.

Social Science
10
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
11
National Endowment for Democracy

Ned has a singular mission - advancing democracy in support of freedom around the world. our targeted, demand-driven small grants program responds to the needs of local ngos that defend human rights, strengthen independent media and civic…

Public Benefit
12
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Immigration Law Center; the most unlike its peers is National Alliance On Mental Illness. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

83 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 83 of the 92 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
83/83
Grantees still filing
56/83
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIRECT RELIEF: $105,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $57,500 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INCWATERORG: $35,000 · InternationalWATERORGWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $35,000 · InternationalWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTECARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: $35,000 · InternationalCARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNAT…THE CARTER CENTER INC: $35,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INC+6 more: $20,400 · International+6 moreGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $52,500 · Civil RightsGIFFORDS LAW CE…NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $40,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGR…ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER: $40,000 · Civil RightsELECTRONIC PRIV…Native Americans in Philanthropy: $14,000 · Civil RightsNative American…PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $10,000 · Civil RightsPROTECT DEMOCRA…+9 more: $2,315 · Civil RightsSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $55,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POV…THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CAMPAIGN…MARCH FOR OUR LIVES FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Crime & LegalMARCH FOR OU…DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Crime & LegalDEMOCRACY FO…+1 more: $50 · Crime & LegalCHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST: $50,000 · OtherCHESAPEAKE BAY TRUSTFEAST FAMILIES EMPOWERED AND SUPPORTING TREATMENT: $25,000 · OtherFEAST FAMILIES EMPOWERED AND …INTERNATIONAL PEACE ACADEMY INC: $15,000 · OtherTWICE EXCEPTIONAL CHILDRENS ADVOCACY INC: $12,500 · OtherCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $45,000 · OtherCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHR…THE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION: $35,000 · OtherTHE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IM…THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 · OtherTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPR…ANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · OtherANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY I…MANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $24,500 · OtherMANNA FOOD CENTER INCNational Council of Nonprofits: $10,000 · Other+26 more: $38,440 · Other+26 morePRO PUBLICA INC: $70,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLI…STATES NEWSROOM: $14,500 · Arts & CultureSTATES NE…NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL …+4 more: $2,600 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $40,100 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $19,000 · HealthFETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM CONSULTATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICESINC: $12,500 · HealthFEAST FAMILIES EMPOWERED AND SUPPORTING TREATMENT EATING DISORDERS: $10,000 · Health+5 more: $1,695 · HealthAYUDA INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesPROOF ALLIANCE: $15,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $5,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF JERUSALEM INC: $2,500 · Human Services+4 more: $2,850 · Human Services
International$322,900Civil Rights$158,815Crime & Legal$125,050Other$295,440Arts & Culture$92,100Health$83,295Human Services$70,350

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $57,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $52,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST: $50,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $40,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER: $40,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWATERORG: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAYUDA INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $24,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMARCH FOR OUR LIVES FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROOF ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSTATES NEWSROOM: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNative Americans in Philanthropy: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM CONSULTATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICESINC: $12,500 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetTWICE EXCEPTIONAL CHILDRENS ADVOCACY INC: $12,500 over 5y, 29% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFEAST FAMILIES EMPOWERED AND SUPPORTING TREATMENT EATING DISORDERS: $10,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetNational Council of Nonprofits: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIVEMN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENERATION HOPE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER PHILADELPHIA: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF JERUSALEM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEverylibrary Institute Nfp: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTATEN ISLAND SHAKESPEAREAN THEATRE CO: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINDABEN FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD'S PLAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURE LINK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP WOODBROOKE INC: $650 over 5y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Give Lively Foundatio…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Greater Washington Co…The Ford FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Gates FoundationTides FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…New Venture FundOpen Society InstituteAmerican Endowment Fo…The Robert Wood Johns…
Give Lively Foundation IncNY17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Give Lively Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Gates Foundation · Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · New Venture Fund · Open Society Institute · American Endowment Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The BDM Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The BDM Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Trust: 100% of income from government
  • Anacostia Watershed Society Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Manna Food Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 92 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on BDM Family’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home